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If the U.S. Reimposes Sanctions on Iran, Europe Will Have No Choice But to Go Along
(Wall Street Journal) Jamil N. Jaffer - Should President Trump refuse to continue waiving Iran sanctions and opt to reimpose them, it should be recalled that the key sanctions imposed by Congress in 2011-12 are "secondary" sanctions, meaning they operate by imposing costs on countries that continue to do business with Iran. Every nation must choose between doing business with Iran and maintaining access to the American banking system. This isn't a real choice, since no country can function economically by cutting itself off from the U.S. The writer is founder of the National Security Institute at George Mason University's Scalia Law School and worked as chief counsel and senior adviser to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.